Weary of pummeling the world with tales of entrenched corruption and institutional racism, David Simon has decided to take a break and make an escapist superhero fantasy.

Just kidding.

David Simon would never do that.

His new HBO miniseries is called Show Me A Hero—which only sounds like the tagline to The Amazing Spider-Man 3, but is actually the tale of an idealistic young mayor’s downfall. Inside Llewyn Davis’ Oscar Isaac stars as Mayor Nick Wasicsko, who finds himself in the eye of a political shitstorm after a federal court orders him to build housing projects in 1980s Yonkers, New York. Catherine Keener and Jim “call me James” Belushi have also signed on in supporting roles.

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Now three more pieces in the most depressing puzzle since “1000-piece Drug War” are in place, as Winona Ryder, Alfred Molina, and Jon Bernthal (a.k.a. Shane on The Walking Dead) have joined the cast. Ryder will play a Yonkers councilwoman and Wasicsko’s confidante; Molina is the head of the housing opposition; and Bernthal will play a lawyer representing the NAACP in its anti-discrimination case against the city. Show Me A Hero is tentatively set to debut in 2016, by which time we should be even more screwed.